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H. G. Wells' prophetic The War in the Air foretold the use of airplanes in warfare and the coming of World War I. First serialized in 1907 and published in book form in 1908, the novel tells the story of the forward-thinking tinkerer Bert Smallways. Alfred Butteridge is said to be the only English aviator to know the "secret of the flying machine." When Bert Smallways accidentally falls into Butteridge's hot air balloon, he soon finds himself
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Weapons of war volume 29
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International Masters Publishers
Pub. Date
c2007
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English
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Since the earliest days of aviation, aircraft weapons have proliferated, ranging from simple bombs and rockets to sophisticated guided weapons that can drop a bomb through a window from a hundred miles away. See how the gun has been joined by air-to-ground weapons, cluster munitions, laser-guided bombs, and supersonic guided missiles to arm today's modern fighters.
3) Iron wolf
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Patrick McLanahan novels volume 20
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New York Times bestselling author Dale Brown goes beyond the headlines in this high-tech, high-tension military thriller in which a resurgent Russia enflames sectarian unrest and violence in Ukraine and Poland, setting off a stealth robotic war and escalating an international crisis.In the spring of 2017, the U.S. economy is rebounding under President Stacy Anne Barbeau, the country's first female president. But her leadership is about to be severely...
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Pocket Books
Pub. Date
©1996
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English
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Twenty-six of the most dramatic true stories ever told of men in aerial combat, from World War I to Vietnam. An unforgettable collection of real-life tales of aerial warfare drawn from a wide a range of sources: American, British, German, Japanese, and more.
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When it comes to flying gliders, ace pilot Breeze Callaghan is as smooth as they come. He perfects a skill that will prove vitally important for decades to come-even into the jet age, as demonstrated by Captain Sully Sullenberger, who famously landed his disabled passenger plane on the Hudson River. Sully's jet was brought down by a flock of geese, while Breeze is going up against a vulture named Badger O'Dowell. Both pilots are vying for a Navy contract,...
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The MIT Press
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[2016]
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"Drones are changing the conduct of war. Deployed at presidential discretion, they can be used in regular war zones or to kill people in such countries as Yemen and Somalia, where the United States is not officially at war. Advocates say that drones are more precise than conventional bombers, allowing warfare with minimal civilian deaths while keeping American pilots out of harm's way. Critics say that drones are cowardly and that they often kill...
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